- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 27, 1658 CE
- Location:
- Plaines Du Haut-Poitou (Thouars)
- Magnitude:
- 3.85 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- AHEAD: Mw 3.85
- EMEC_2021: Mw 4
Other earthquake records of 1658 CE
- Peru, Trujillo
- Greece
- Philippines, S Luzon: Manila, Santa Cruz
- China, Hebei Province · Ms 6
- Greece · Mw 7
- France · Mw 4
Source: Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1658 PLAINES DU HAUT-POITOU (THOUARS) earthquake (Mw 3.9) (1658 CE) happen?
- October 27, 1658 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Albini, P., Locati, M., Rovida, A. & Stucchi, M. (2013): European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD), INGV, doi:10.6092/ingv.it-ahead; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.